Jiaohua

Chapter 352 Murder and Arson (Part [-])
The cries became more and more piercing, Xia Zhaoyi frowned and said, "Don't go, the officers and soldiers are robbing people."

She looked back at Zhi Changle, and said: "I'll go and have a look, you go back to the house first, don't come out if anything happens."

She went back to her room and changed into light and simple clothes, and brought a dagger, bow, crossbow, and Qiansibi. When she came out, Pang Yi and Lao Tong were also in the courtyard, seeing her coming out, they rushed forward: "Ali!"

"Let's go together!"

"Don't," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Don't come out no matter what happens, it's not clear what they're doing, but at least some of them may be robbing men. I'll go and have a look and I'll come back, nothing will happen, you don't have to worry I."

With that said, he cupped his fists and turned to leave.

Seeing that the girl didn't go through the main entrance, but jumped out directly from the high wall in the northeast, Zhi Changle withdrew his gaze and said uneasily, "The corners of my eyes have been twitching all the time, and I always feel scared."

Old Tong looked up at the orange smoke on the sky, and said softly, "Me too."

The fire was getting more and more intense, spreading rapidly from the burning house to both sides. Unlike previous fires, no one came to rescue tonight.

What Xia Zhaoyi guessed wrong was that these officers and soldiers were not here to snatch the men, they were dragging a few writers out of the dwarf dwellings in the alley.

The women cried and dragged behind, and the children who came up to block the way were beaten or kicked. These officers and soldiers were not merciful in their actions, and two unconscious women were already lying on the ground.

The nearby civilians had to run out because of the fire, and they didn't dare to get too close and looked at them from afar.

Not only the writers, but also heard that there were young people studying in the academy nearby, the officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward to ask who it was, and then dragged them away.

The fire illuminated the panic on the faces of the people and the ferocity on the faces of the officers and soldiers. A tall boy refused to leave. A conflict broke out between his family and the officers and soldiers. The leader of the team was scratched and bleeding from his ears. In a rage, he directly pulled out a white knife.

"Mother!!" The boy screamed in horror, watching helplessly as the knife pierced through his mother's lower abdomen, splashing a large amount of blood on the snow.

"Mother!!!" The young man's throat cracked, he struggled to get away from the officers and soldiers around him, and rushed towards the team with red eyes.

The family members wailed loudly, the people around them were breathless, and many people hurriedly covered the children's eyes.

Dui was holding the knife in his hand, looking at the bright blood, as if watering and growing a poisonous flower in his heart.

"I didn't say not to kill people, they resisted!" Li Zheng said in a trembling voice, and suddenly raised his voice, "If you dare to resist again, I will continue to kill!"

The officers and soldiers on the other side of the street were also robbing people, and if they accidentally knocked down the oil lamp when they entered the house to fight, another fire broke out.

Some people are identifying those who write on the street, and some people take this opportunity to vent their personal anger and identify everyone they know who have read books one by one.

Those teachers who hadn’t been taken away were no longer lucky. Many of them didn’t want to leave. They were discovered in hiding and dragged away by force. Some people were afraid of hurting their families and said in trembling voices that they had feet.

The doors of academies and private schools were broken open one after another, and officers and soldiers rushed into the academies, taking away everyone who stayed in the academies, including the nurse.

Fires broke out in many places, and the fires became more and more intense. The untenable people finally rushed to put out the fires. People were running back and forth, screaming and wailing, and the blood-soaked snow was trampled everywhere. , mixed with the mud on the soles of the shoes, dirty into pieces, melted into muddy water by the fire, and gurgled away.

"My lord, my lord!"

Zhu Xian opened his eyes, finally fell asleep, his head was heavy and uncomfortable, and he said hoarsely: "What's the matter?"

"Something has happened, my lord!" Someone pulled Zhu Xian up, "My lord, get up quickly!"

Liang Nai was also called from the mansion, he hurriedly put on his clothes, and before going out, Shi Shi held him back: "No matter what happens, remember to send someone back at dawn to pass a message, otherwise I will take my sons with me." I will find you in the government office!"

"What are you messing around with!" Liang Nai impatiently pulled her hand away and strode towards the carriage outside the door.

After getting into the carriage, the coachman raised his whip.

Li Zhengzheng handed over the small stove for warming his hands, and said, "It was an order from Tiansheng Palace directly, and the ones dispatched were not the twelve guards of the Suwei capital, but the Xuanwu army stationed in Beijing."

"The army was dispatched directly?" Liang Nai asked in shock.

"Yes, there are no more people who have been arrested, and the old site on the east side is almost full."

Liang Nai raised the curtain of the car, this street is considered peaceful, but there are also many people who come out of the house to look at it, not knowing what happened.

But in the distance, the figures are desolate, and the sky is full of flames.

"How long have I been away from the palace, is the order issued after I left the palace?" Liang Nai said.

"It should be that everyone didn't know that this is a sudden edict from the emperor," Li Zheng frowned, "and the Xuanwu Army has been on the battlefield, they are extremely murderous...their knives have already seen blood tonight gone."

Liang Nai opened his eyes wide: "What did you say? They killed, did they kill?"

"As far as I know, there are already more than 20 people..."

Liang Nai was speechless, and clutched the stove in his hand tightly. He had just come out of the warm blanket and entered the warm carriage, but now he felt cold all over his body, and the chill came from his bones.

Jingzhao Mansion had been lively for several months before, but it was still so lively at night, tonight was the first time.

Dozens of carts dragged the corpses covered by white linen or rags and put them on the snow. The civilians who didn’t know where to find the explanation could only think of the Jingzhao government office. come out.

The Dengwen drums were struck by the angry people, one after another, the sound was endless, the guards who used to step forward as soon as they heard the sound of the drums, now all retreated into the Yamen, lest the angry civilians would rush into the Yanyunwei mansion like before Come crashing like that.

Liang Nai's carriage drove back from the intersection, he glanced at the crowd from a distance, and put down the curtain expressionlessly.

"It's only the area of ​​Huiyang Street now," Li Zong said, "I don't know if His Majesty is killing chickens to scare monkeys, or is he going to fill the capital... If it is all over the capital, I am afraid that it will take three days and three nights to catch them all, and there are not so many at all There is room for a cell."

Liang Nai didn't speak, and rubbed his palm against the stove in his arms. After the chill just now faded away, he finally felt better now.

The carriage drove into the backyard of the government office, the backyard was brightly lit, and many strange faces dressed as servants led their horses and stood guard in front of the door, looking anxiously, as soon as Liang Nai got off the carriage, their eyes lit up, and they rushed over: "Master Liang! "

"Master Liang, this villain is a servant of Pan Canzheng's family. My lord is waiting for you outside the palace gate!"

"The young one belongs to Lin Shangshu's family. My lord is also waiting for you there. He rushed over as soon as he heard the news."

"Master Liang, I'm from Dongping Academy, and I'm sent by Qu Jianyuan! Our academicians have also entered the palace."

"My lord, my lord said that you must be invited to the palace to face the saint!"

……

Liang Nai looked at them, frowning into a knot.

(End of this chapter)